Dear Partners, the discussion is open about the use of Ishikawa diagrams in the grand challenges deliverables. In this file you find a short description and an example of use. Please feel free to post your comments directly on this page. Thank you, Alessandro Battino

Advanced Production Machines (APM) are the workmen of the factory of the future.They include machines for processing new/nano/smart/high-performance materials, micro-manufacture (MEMS) machines, rapid manufacturing machines (rapid prototyping and rapid tooling), and manufacturing robots (stationary and mobile). In addition to the challenging ‘stand-alone’ research issues connected to these emerging technologies, this cluster will also consider two key additional complexity issues that require cross-technology network-type co-operation in order to make progress. These issues are: